Mud and sand guard for vehicle-wheels.



R. T. JACKSON.

MU D AND SAND GUARD FOR VEHICLE WHEELS. I APPLIOATION FILED MAYZK4,1906.

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M41 W A NORM 3Y5 I UNITED "STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERTIVT. JACKSON. o-F MAGNOLIA, ARKANSAS.-

MUD AND SAND GUARD FOR VEHICLE-WHEELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 8, 1907.

Application filed May 24, 1906. Serial No. 318,573.

"Mud and Sand Guard for Vehicle-Wheels, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments for the hubs of vehicle-wheels forexcluding sand, mud, and other forei n matter, and has for its object toimprove t e construction and increase the efliclency and utility ofdevices of this character. I

With these and other objects in view,whic will appear as the'nature ofthe invention is better understood, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters,is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the inventioncapable of carryingthe same into practical operation, it beingunderstood that various chan es in the form, proportion, and minor detais of construction may be resorted to' without departing from theprinciple or sacrificing any of the advantages of this inven-' tionwithin the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 1s a side view of a vehicle-hub and portionsof the spokes and a portion of the axle with the improved deviceapplied. Fig. 2 is an end view of the parts shown in Fig. 1 with the hubremoved and the axle-journal in transverse section. Fig. 3 is anenlarged sectional detail illustrating the construction of the jointbetween the guard and clip. Fig. 4 is. a perspective view, enlarged, ofthe keeper-plate.

The improved device may be adapted to the hubs of vehicles of any form,but is more particularly adapted to the hubs of buggies and carriagesand for the urpose of illustration is shown applied to a ub and its axle11 of this class.

The improved device comprises a clip 12,

. adapted to be attached to the, axle 11 by a clamp-bar 13 and nuts 1415 and extended upwardly and provided with spaced ears 16 17 betweenwhich an arm 18 is pivoted. at 19. The clip 12 is provided with atransverse keeper-plate 20, and the arm 18 is provided with a recess 21,bearing'over the plate when the armis disposed in its lower position,The arm 18 is provided with a bolt 22, actuated by a spring 23 andbearing beneath the keeper when the arm is in closed position, and thuslocking the arm closed, as in Figs. 1 and 3. with a slot 24, throughwhich an operatingpin 25 extends from the bolt, the pin having a knob 26at its outer end with which to operate the bolt to release it fromengagement with the keeper. inclined at one side, so that the arm-may besnapped into engagement withthe clip. Attached, as by rivets 27 28, tothe arm 18 are metal bows or curved straps 29 30,the

straps forming the supports for a guard 31 preferably of leather or likematerial, and extending over the rear or inner portion of the hub 10when the arm is in closed position,'as in Figs. land 2. By thisarrangement the hub 10 is effectually protected from mud,

sand, or other foreign substance falling from the wheel as it rotatesand no danger exists of such material findingits way to the axlejournal.

The device maybe quickly attached to and detached from the axle andwheel and ad- I justed thereon to adapt it to the hub. When the journalis to be lubricated, the knob 26 is pressed rearwardly to release thebolt 22 from the keeper 20 and permit the arm 18,

with its attached cap or guard 31,tobe turned back out of the way. Thesides of the cap member are vertical, as shown in Fig. 2, so thatnothing can lodge thereon, which is of great advantage in devices ofthis character. 0

Having thusdescribed the invention what is claimed is 1. In a device ofthe class described, a member having means for attachment to an axle, akeeper connected to said member, an 5 arm swinging from said member andprovided with a guard for'bearing over the ao-. E

jacent hub, a spring-pressed bolt carried by said arm and yieldablyengaging said keeper and means for releasing said bolt.

2. In a device of the class described, a member having means forattachment to an axle and provided with spaced ears, a keeper extendingtransversely to said ears, an arm swinging between said ears andprovided with a recess bearing over said keeper, a cap member'connectedto said arm for hearing over the hub and a spring-pressed bolt carriedby said arm and yieldably engaging said keeper.

3. In a device of the class described, a

member having means for attachment to an The arm 1.8 is likewiseprovided 60 The terminal of the bolt is 65 axle, a keeper connected tosaid member, an arm swinging from said member, curved straps spacedapartand connected to said arm, a curved guard member connected to saidstraps for bearing over the hub, a springpressed bolt carried by saidarm and yieldably engaging said keeper.

1 In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aHixedmy signature I in the presence of two Witnesses.

ROBERT T. JACKSON. itnesses A. A. 'WALKER, R. B. VAUGHAN.

